2nd TOPANGA League A: Rules Update 2

TOPANGA revealed at the end of 2nd TOPANGA League (A) Round 6 on Sunday that 3 players are guaranteed to go down to League B instead of 2 like in the first season. That means up to 5 players will be relegated.

We take this opportunity to put both the new and old rules here so you do not have to look back 3 separate posts.

The 2nd TOPANGA League (A) consists of 3 stages.

First Stage (Round 1-6)
- 12 player round-robin
- Online match.
- First-to-Three.
- The player who finished 11th place and 12 place will be relegated to League B.
- The player who finished 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th will advance to the Second Stage.
- The player who finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th will advance to the Third Stage without playing Second Stage.

Second Stage (Round 7-9)
- 6 player round-robin
- Offline match.
- First-to-Ten.
- There is deuce when the score is 9-9.
- The player who finished higher than the opponent in previous stage will be given 1 game win in advance each match.
- [New] The player who finished 10th place (last in this stage) will be relegated to League B.
- The player who finished 9th place (second last in this stage) will have to play against League B's 4th place in a play-off match at the end of the next TOPANGA League B. If he wins, he gets to stay in League A. Otherwise he will be relegated to League B.
- The player who finished 8th place (third last in this stage) will have to play against League B's 5th place in a play-off match at the end of the next TOPANGA League B. If he wins, he gets to stay in League A. Otherwise he will be relegated to League B.
- The player who finished in top 2 will advance to the Third Stage.

Third Stage (Round 10-12)
- 6 player round-robin
- Offline match.
- First-to-Ten.
- There is deuce when the score is 9-9.
- The player who finished higher than the opponent in previous stage will be given 1 game win in advance each match.
- The player who finished 1st place in this stage wins the whole competition.

GD
GD (Game Difference) will be used to determine who will place higher if the players have the same number of wins. (Winning 3-0 is equal to +3 GD, losing 2-3 is equal to -1 GD.) If the players also have the same GDs, head-to-head result will be used.